Many young adults have only sketchy information about Washington, according to the college’s poll.

该大学的调查显示，很多美国年轻人对华盛顿只有模糊的了解。

Asked who was the greatest president, 20 percent of those polled chose Lincoln. Reagan was picked by 15 percent, Franklin D. Roosevelt by 12 percent, John F. Kennedy by 11 percent, Bill Clinton by 10 percent and George W. Bush by 8 percent. Washington was picked by 6 percent.

The poll done for the college looked at how much the public knows about Washington and found that 46 percent knew that Washington led the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

华盛顿学院所做的调查着眼于公众对华盛顿的了解程度，结果发现只有46%的人知道华盛顿在独立战争中率领“大陆军”作战。

The college’s poll of 800 adults and the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll of 1,008 adults were taken Feb. 7-10. The college’s poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, compared with 3 percentage points for the Gallup poll.